Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-06-02
CATCH HIM.
A REWARD OFFERED FOR A NORTH
CAROLINA MuRpSRgR.
A Murder Trial The Republicans and Pro
hibition- Hatrimonial-current
News and Personal Notes.
Especial telegram to the Dispatch.

Especial telegram to the Dispa,ch.l
RALEIGH, n. c.. June I-Governol
Scales to-day offered a reward Of $500 for
Casar Wooten lcolored), Of Wilson county
who Is charged with the murder OF Mittit
Strickland ,colored). lie killed her IN
brutal manner on the night Of Nav 2Sd and
then TED. He Is twenty-five wears old, iv,
deet nine inches high, slender and black
and shows his teeth when talking. III,
may he In Virginia.
Last plight Captain T.. II. Eueelhard re-
s'cned The csptaincy Of the Governor,
Guard. lie stated that private business
matters compelled him 20 take this ster
greatly 10 his regret. lie is popular and
valued CtiiCer, whose loss the company vii
feel.
A MURDER TRIAL AT NEwBERNE.
Yesterday Charles +. Jones. q young
white man, was arraigncd IN the Superior
Court vt Newberne for the murder OF
Tempe 5. Jones, his wife. His trial was sci
for TO-DAY and special UcniTe OF one hun.
drVd was ordered. Jones's crime was COM
mitted last April. lie had treated hIs wife
so cruelty that she had left his house and
returned 10 her fathers home. One day
Jones went after her, spoke lovingly, and
pretended that he was repentsnt OF bis cru.
ely. lie induced his wife 10 return with
bin. On the way. 1t is charged. he stran-
elCd her as they were crossing Neusc river
in boat and threw her body into the river.
Many searchClS looked for the body and
finally found it, lying near raft, with
marks OF cruel fingers on the throat. The
evidence against Jones Is said TO be direct
aud his conviction is said to be a certainty,
PERSONALS.
Major l.. NJ. Hale. one Of the veteran
newspa pt T. men I'm the state. l. on his death.
bed. IL u stated. He recently went to Fay.
ettevine, bis old home, that he might spend
his last hours amid the scenes so familiar
and so dear. He is. without doubt, one OF
the abest men IA the editorial ranks in the
South.
Mr.. $. l.. Dill succeeds Mr. Dunn A.
general freight agent OF the Atlantic and
North Carolina railroad. He is al excel
lent man and has for years been auditor of
that road.
Mr.. j. c. Logan Harris, the editor Of the
.!N'gndi. the Republican paper Of Rilcigh. l.
taking a very prominent part in the local
option campaign. He is on the autiliQuOr
side. and said 10 me to-day that in year or
two be expects u see the Republicans take
up the Prohibition party as their own.
In this view OF the case be is a sort OF fore
runner little in advance of his party.
THE COLoRED INDUSTRIAL COLLEGE.
Many people yesterday went to Kittrell
TO attend the closing exercises Of the Col
ored Industrial College. This is owned
and managed by cOlored people exclusively.
The main building was burned last year.
but another is 10 be erected. The proper
.i,1
but it was purchased by the negroes two
years ago. over n hundred pupils are
present, and Il. Il. Coins, the principal IA
necro) says the college is a success.
AVAILABLE INSTITUTION.
To-day the commencement exercises Of
the most important Of the State normal
schools for colored pupils were held at Fay
ettevile.' All the other normal schools are
kept open for IeriOd Of from thirty to forty
five days during the summer. Tue school
at Fayetteville, on the contrary, is kept
open nine months in each year. II j. really
training college Of a high class for cOlOred
teachers. Professor f. L. smith lcoloredl
is principal or superintendent Of this col
lege, which has over 12j pupils, represent
ing nearly bali the counties IN the STATE.
A very large percentage of the pupils be-
last legislature largely increased the ap.
preparation 10 this college.
CURRENT NEWS NOTES.
The greater taste and culture Of the poo.
pie in North Carolina in these later days
make themselves apparent IN a variety OF
WAYS. Parks are now demanded. better
houses, finer schools, more tasteful grounds,
&c, and greater liberaiity j. shown. Before
the war there was high culture. but there
was not a tenth the diffusion OF taste now
prevalent. The demand for parks, &c, is
a sign Of the timCS-a good sign.
Work on Goldsboio's water.works is
now confidently expected to begin in ten
days.
At only two points in North CarOnl is
there any baseball this season. these being
Charlotte ard Wilmington. The latter cluD
has secured three professionals, and will
open It's season witt a contest with the
Charleston club the 9th and 1th instant.
The Charleston club Is composed altogether
OF professionals.
The movement TO have memOria-day and
decoratiOn.dsy on May Both, when origi-
mated in Virginia. and certainly has much
10 commend IT, does not appear 10 meet
with much favor in North Carolina. The
Ladies Memorial Association at Whining
ton declined the proposition OF the assDcil.
ton at Richmond to adopt May 30th as the
day, and members OF the one here say they
will never sgree to the plan.
Mr.. Walter ID. Terrell, of the Western
Union Telegraph office here, was married
this morning TO Miss Mamie Brewster,
daughter Of Mr.. J. G.. Brewster, promi-
nent merchant Of Raleigh. The marriage
ceremony was performe in the new MeihO-
DIST Church, and was the first soemnized
there. The bride and groom have gone 10
Old Point.
COnsidt rable rain has fallen in the last
eight days. but not enough to cause dana &c
10 crops.
Governor Scales has been informed that
Il. Ii. Thompson, negro who killed Slade
Thompson (cOlored), in Bladen county, last
March, and for HON reward OF 800 was
Offered, has surrendered himself 10 the
authorities Of that county and is in Jail.